Mother Weeps

by Cheryl Smith - Aries

A mother weeps
Her sons & daughters lost their lives
For political agendas & bully foreign policies
That she has closed her eyes to or never tried to understand
	A mother weeps
Her sons sacrificed their lives
For living under oppression & strife, was no life at all
Twisting back the thumb of the giant that refused to let them be a man.

	Mothers weep
They know that more lives will be taken
For reasons unknown or muddled by propaganda (is it about land, oil, or order)
The constant struggles for power.
	Mothers weep
They know they & their children will be annihilated 
By the same oppressors who control and stifle their lives
Who now claim that they are justified, calling on their nameless god.

	Mother, God, weeps
All her children in their stubborn ignorance
Have not learned the lessons of the not so distant past
Still, not realizing “an eye for an eye” results in all being blind.

Cheryl S. Smith
9/15/01

Birth sign: Aries
Date created: 2002-03-26 18:35:59
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:46:10
Poem ID: 68625

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